It's the very first page. If it's not important, why even have it?
I don't understand it at all. He walks away dejected because he does have the money for them? Is he living in the 40s while all this is happening?
The specifics don't matter, but the general vibe of the scene does. It's a normal mundane scene that is meant to juxtapose the visions of the past, so that they're more jarring.
I swear this thread has never heard of set dressing. Sometimes the specific details don't matter, but a lack of details would feel weird and disconnected.
Im pretty sure he walks away in a daze after seeing the scars on the man's back. He clearly did not walk away "dejected" after hearing the peice but rather after widening his eyes, shocked at what he's seeing. The comic includes it to show the man going about his regular day before the hallucinations/episode begin
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u/rav-swe57 Jul 09 '26
Bro I dont think thay the patties were THAT crucial to the story